


# Get message envelope and print some details $IMAP->select($FolderName) || die = $IMAP->search('not', 'seen')-> $IMAP->append($FolderName, $F) || die Select folder and get first unseen message ) || die "Failed to connect/login to IMAP server" Server: Return-Path: Received: from ::IMAPTalk - IMAP client interface with lots of features SYNOPSIS use Mail::IMAPTalk Server: a3 OK Examine completed (0.000 secs). Server: * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)

Server: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX Server: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." Drafts Server: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." Trash 12345 - password for user to imap server and examine inbox ~] telnet 143.143 - port number where my imap server listen.Login to imap server ~] telnet 143Ī1 OK Logged in Here are some useful imap commands: LOGIN In practice, many clients don’t support this ability to send concurrent requests, and simply block waiting for data to arrive on the open socket after a command is sent. This tagging ability means that it’s possible for a server to handle more than one request at the same time from a client on the same connection, and to indicate their completion by sending back the appropriate tag. In this case, the untagged response is the capability list, and the tagged response is the OK status of the command. Server responses that start with * are called untaggged responses, which means that they don’t represent the completion of a command requested by the client. Tags can contain any alphanumeric characters and even some symbols, and don’t need to contain an ascending integer - though that can be a convenient way to generate unique ones. Where (called also tag) is some random string generated by the client, and the server sends the tag back on the final line of the response to a command. IMAP commands generally look like this: # Command Input : 143 and 993 - port numbers where my imap server listenĪ imap command, usually, has to be executed in the proper sequence and only if IMAP status has the correct value for that command.

* OK Dovecot ready.Įxample how to make connection to imap service with SSL/TLS ~] openssl s_client -connect :993
